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Admiralty Maritime
Boat-related activities, including commerce and navigation; business transacted at sea or related to navigation, ships, seamen; legal matters or accidents related to harbors, ships, or seamen; licensing on waterways and inlets.
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Adoption
Representation in legal procedures for adoptive and natural parents seeking to adopt a child; agency or private adoption; related adoptions within a family; intercountry and interstate adoptions.
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Aviation
Matters related to air traffic, commercial, private aviation, and civilian military aircraft; airplane pilot licenses; Federal, State or local regulations pertaining to aviation, air commerce, commercial carriers, and safety; air traffic control and air navigation matters.
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Church Law
Civil matters related to the church as a corporation doing business, but not including canon law or church doctrines; incorporation, organization, and tax considerations or exemptions involved in operating a church; complaints against a minister by a congregation or against a minister or congregation by a church board of directors; disputes between a local church and its national organization; financial considerations and arrangements of a church.
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Civil Rights/Discrimination
Constitutional or civil rights violations by governmental entities such as municipalities, police departments, or school districts; discrimination because of age, sex, race, or handicap in housing, public accommodations or other areas of life, but not employment. (See Employment/Labor for discrimination on the job.)
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Commodities
Problems with brokers and brokerage firms in the sale or purchase of commodities, commodity futures, and commodity options; problems regarding commodity funds, pools, or partnerships to trade commodities; representation in Exchange and CFTC disciplinary and arbitration cases; registration, incorporation, and set-up of brokerage firms, trading advisors and pools. For securities matters, see Securities.
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Computer Law
Legal problems dealing with the acquisition, sale, lease and license of computers and computer software; computer software issues; other legal matters unique to the computer industry.
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Consumer Law
Consumer Protection Law - problems of consumer fraud, deceptive business practices, credit disclosure matters (including Truth in Lending), automobile repossessions, financial institutions, auto leases, home repair scams, and warranty matters.
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Copyright/Trademark
Copyright/trademark - legal matters related to copyrights or trademarks Application for and registration of copyrights, and trademarks to protect ideas, designs, writings, art work, and inventions; infringements on same; unfair trade practices; disputes involving inventions, proprietary ideas, and literary material; preparation of licensing agreements. (For patents, see patents)
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Corporate Law
Forming a corporation or partnership; business/commercial legal problems; shareholders' rights; matters pertaining to partnerships, corporations, including contract negotiations, corporate planning, and buy-outs.
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Criminal
All matters related to criminal charges or arrests and criminal defense in Illinois, including Driving Under the Influence and driver's license revocation matters; prisoner matters. For matters in Juvenile Court, see Juvenile Law.
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Domestic Relations
Divorce or dissolution of a marriage in Illinois; separation and marriage laws; child support and maintenance; prenuptial and postnuptial agreements; child custody (see Juvenile if the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is involved); visitation; annulments; settlement agreements.
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Franchise
Problems involved with franchises, including representation in buying or selling a franchise; regulation of franchises through the Illinois Franchise Disclosure Act of Federal Trade Commission's disclosure laws; advising franchise sellers on selling procedures including provision of a prospectus of the franchise to the buyer, other seller obligations and disclosure requirements; review and drafting of franchise prospectuses; disputes between franchisor and franchisee.
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Health and Hospital Law
Nurse and physician contracts with hospitals or medical clinics; employment matters of nurses, doctors, and hospitals; laws or regulations on health and sanitary matters; hospital and doctor conflicts with professional societies; informed consent to medical treatment; right-to-die issues; medical record disputes; organ donation and transplant problems, physician and hospital Medicare and Medicaid disputes; Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse; health care regulation and certification for health care and nursing home facilities; matters related to Federal statutes and regulations pertaining to free health care and prohibiting discrimination.
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Insurance Law
Matters related to insurance policies, contracts, premiums, and payments; collecting under insurance policies; COBRA; ERISA, if non-pension (see Pension Plans/Profit Sharing/Employee Benefits, if pension related).
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Juvenile Law
Criminal matters pertaining to juveniles; representation in Juvenile Court (Cook County or other Illinois counties); problems of delinquency; representation at Department of Children and Family Services hearings; child custody, abuse and neglect matters if DCFS is involved.
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Mental Health
Legal matters related to mental health laws and mental institutions; rights of mental health patients; commitment to mental institutions and hearings; guardianship of disabled persons with mental disabilities.
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Military Law
Legal assistance to military personnel with military or civilian matters; military personnel with criminal or internal disciplinary matters or seeking to have discharge or other status upgraded; AWOL military personnel; court martials; constitutional and statutory rights of military personnel.
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Patent
Patent - legal matters related to patents; application for and registration of patents to protect ideas, designs, writings, art work, and inventions; infringements on same; unfair trade practices; disputes involving inventions, proprietary ideas, and literary material; preparation of licensing agreements.(For copyrights or trademarks, see copyright/trademark.)
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Real Estate - Commercial
Real estate transactions involving contracts and closings for commercial properties, including apartment buildings with 6 or more units; formation of partnerships, joint ventures and other real estate entities; leasing of office, retail, industrial properties or apartment buildings with 6 or more units; mortgage loan financing matters.
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Securities
Matters dealing with securities; securities arbitration; Federal or State regulations on securities; disputes regarding securities trading. For Commodities matters, see Commodities.
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Zoning Law
Pertains to local zoning ordinances, regulations and decisions; appeals of zoning decisions, changes or denials; requests for zoning changes; special use permits; land use planning; planned unit development; and building use conversions which conflict with zoning laws or regulations.
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